Admin Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: New in this release
- Chapter 3: Basic administration
- Chapter 4: System startup fundamentals
- Chapter 5: Boot parameter configuration using ACLI
- Chapter 6: Run-time process management using ACLI
- Chapter 7: Chassis operations
- Chassis operations fundamentals
- Chassis operations configuration using ACLI
- Enabling jumbo frames
- Configuring port lock
- Configuring SONMP
- Viewing the topology message status
- Associating a port to a VRF instance
- Configuring an IP address for the management port
- Configuring Ethernet ports with Autonegotiation
- Enabling channelization
- Configuring serial management port dropping
- Controlling slot power
- Chassis operations configuration using EDM
- Editing system information
- Editing chassis information
- Configuring system flags
- Configuring channelization
- Configuring basic port parameters
- Viewing the boot configuration
- Configuring boot flags
- Enabling Jumbo frames
- Configuring the date and time
- Associating a port to a VRF instance
- Configuring CP Limit
- Configuring an IP address for the management port
- Editing the management port parameters
- Configuring the management port IPv6 interface parameters
- Configuring management port IPv6 addresses
- Auto reactivating the port of the SLPP shutdown
- Editing serial port parameters
- Enabling port lock
- Locking a port
- Viewing power information
- Viewing power status on VSP 8400
- Viewing fan information
- Viewing topology status information
- Viewing the topology message status
- Configuring a forced message control pattern
- Chapter 8: Hardware status using EDM
- Chapter 9: Domain Name Service
- Chapter 10: Licensing
- Chapter 11: Network Time Protocol
- Chapter 12: Secure Shell
- Chapter 13: System access
- System access fundamentals
- System access configuration using ACLI
- Enabling ACLI access levels
- Changing passwords
- Configuring an access policy
- Specifying a name for an access policy
- Allowing a network access to the switch
- Configuring access policies by MAC address
- System access security enhancements using ACLI
- Displaying the boot config flags status
- Enabling enhanced secure mode
- Creating accounts for different access levels
- Deleting accounts in enhanced secure mode
- Configuring a password for a specific user
- Returning the system to the factory defaults
- Configuring the password complexity rule
- Configuring the password length rule
- Configuring the change interval rule
- Configuring the reuse rule
- Configuring the maximum number of sessions
- Configuring the maximum age rule
- Configuring the pre- and post-notification rule
- System access configuration using EDM
- Chapter 14: ACLI show command reference
- Access, logon names, and passwords
- Basic switch configuration
- Current switch configuration
- CLI settings
- Ftp-access sessions
- Hardware information
- NTP server statistics
- Power summary
- Power information for power supplies
- System information
- System status (detailed)
- Telnet-access sessions
- Users logged on
- Port egress COS queue statistics
- CPU queue statistics
- Chapter 15: Port numbering and MAC address assignment reference
- Chapter 16: Supported standards, RFCs, and MIBs
- Glossary
Before you begin
• You must have access to the new software from the Avaya support site: https://
support.avaya.com. You need a valid user or site ID and password.
About this task
For more information about file names for the current release, see Release Notes for VSP Operating
System Software, NN47227-401.
Procedure
1. From an Internet browser, browse to https://support.avaya.com.
2. Under Support by Product, select Downloads.
3. In the product search field, type the product name.
4. In the Choose Release field, click a release number.
5. Click the download title to view the selected information.
6. Click the file you want to download.
7. Login to download the required software file.
8. Use an FTP client in binary mode to transfer the file to the VSP switch.
Changing Secure Shell parameters
You can use Enterprise Device Manager to change the SSHv2 configuration parameters. However,
Avaya recommends using the ACLI to perform the initial configuration of SSHv2. The VSP switch
does not support SSHv1.
Before you begin
• The user access level is read/write/all community strings.
About this task
If the SSHv2 service is enabled, all fields are dimmed until the SSH service is disabled. You must
disable the SSH service before setting the SSH service parameters.
Procedure
1. In the navigation tree, open the following folders:Configuration > Security > Control Path.
2. Click SSH.
3. In the Enable options, choose the type of SSH service you want to enable.
4. In the Version options, choose a version.
5. In the Port field, type a port.
6. In the MaxSession field, type the maximum number of sessions allowed.
7. In the Timeout field, type the timeout.
Secure Shell
October 2015 Administering Avaya VSP 7200 Series and 8000 Series 160
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